Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | North Wolcott, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Southwest Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:12 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Red Creek, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:12 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 44 | Oswego, NY | WIND GUST TO 38.1 KTS AT OSWEGO COAST GUARD STATION |
| Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hannibal, NY | WIRES DOWN. |
| Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oswego, NY | TREES DOWN ON RATHBURN RD. |
| Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sterling, NY | TREES DOWN ON SHORT CUT RD AND CRAINE RD. |
| Sep 2, 4:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fulton, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:23 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oswego, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Minetto, NY | |
| Sep 2, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Granby Center, NY | TREES DOWN. |
| Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | TREES DOWN ON PARIDISE RD. |
| Sep 2, 4:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Albion Center, NY | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WUUS51 KBUF 021959
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-022100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0092.130902T1959Z-130902T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
359 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 37.
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
MILES WEST OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FAIR HAVEN...
MINETTO...
OSWEGO...
NINE MILE POINT...
MEXICO...
PULASKI...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ONTARIO AND FAIR HAVEN BEACH...GET OUT OF THE
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4326 7650 4321 7690 4330 7691 4335 7670
4343 7663 4353 7642 4352 7629 4354 7624
4367 7621 4369 7577 4354 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 257DEG 30KT 4338 7676
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KBUF 022049
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
NYC011-117-022057-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130902T2100Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
NYC075-022100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130902T2100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 37.
AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MEXICO...OR 14 MILES EAST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ALTMAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4334 7628 4352 7629 4354 7623 4359 7621
4367 7621 4367 7602 4368 7601 4369 7578
4354 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 257DEG 30KT 4347 7619
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Sep 2, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| Sep 2, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Sep 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Sep 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 61 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.